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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Prof Adams Smith h" <prof_adamssmith@msn.com>
Reply-To: prof_adamssmith13@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 01:21:56 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY

Dear Friend,

I got your contact through a very reliable friend of mine who is an Greater
South Korea Association influential lawyer in government circles
here.However, we did not tell him the purpose for which we wanted to contact
you.This friend has vouched for your sincerity and reliability in handling
financial transactions such as the one that we intend to intimate you
about.

I am Prof. Daniel Kings the Head of Delegation to the World Bank in West
Africa. I am the linkman between the Organization For Petroleum Exporting
Countries - OPEC and the petroleum sector in a West African country. I also
attend OPEC meetings constantly in Geneva on the auspices of World Bank.

Through the sale of our allocated oil quota in OPEC, I was able to make
US$22.2 Million, which is currently deposited in a Security company in
Europe. I want you to assist me to claim this money as I cannot claim it
directly because I am still a civil servant, and the code of conduct bureau
forbids me to acquire such amount of money. It is on this basis that I am
contacting you for assistance, if you will be interested; claim documents
have been processed and will be sent to you. The documents with which the
fund is deposited will be changed to reflect you as the new beneficiary so
that you will be eligible to collect the fund on my behalf.
I will give you 30% of the fund. Please for this assistance while 60% will
been for me for me and 10% will be for expenses that may be incurred on both
sides. I am aware of the international monitoring of all large-scale
financial movements after the September 11th 2003 terrorist attack on
America and to avoid any state of financial investigation I will provide a
classified clearance paper from the relevant body, which will exonerate the
money from drug, money laundered or terrorist Relate proceeds.

Please honesty is the watch word in this transaction.I will require your
telephone and fax numbers so that we can commence communication immediately
and I will give you a more detailed picture of things. In case you dont
accept please do not let me out to the security as I am giving you this
information in total trust and confidence .I will greatly appreciate if you
accept my proposal in good faith.

Thank you

Best Regards,

Prof. Daniel Kings.

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